sea urchin emergency

[Darth]

so I was taking out my rocks and got stabbed by my long spine sea urchin. the tip is stuck in my finger and cant get it out is this poisonous I am going to have to go to the hospital to get it taken out but should I be worried besides the fact it hurts like heck

[Malyon18]

http://ovas.ca/index.php?topic=49715.0

check it out, it happened to phil not to long ago

[Darth]

thanks it sux because the spine is stuck in my finger and I cant get it out so I have to wait 4 hours in the emergency room now to get it removed

[Malyon18]

I have a scalpel kit at home if you want me to give it a try , you may need emergency a lot more after though

[Darth]

Okay first off not sure why you have a scalpel kit and second thanks but no thanks

[Malyon18]

They are awesome for fragging corals

[gvv]

Funny but but long spine urchin usually moves to the same corner that I'm cleaning...
Not sure if this is a good suggestion, but.. in order to lower the pain you will need to pee on your finger This is in the case when you don't have vinegar around... Vinegar will dissolve most of sea urchin spine.
The broken spines are usually coming out after some time just by themselves, as if they are pushed out

[NjOyRiD]

you gotta go deep and take it all out
mine still didnt heal completly

i put a lot of peroxide, everyday!

[Darth]

Worst part is the skin closed around it I can't get at it. So I am sitting at the general waiting for a doc to take it oit

[gvv]

The problem is that spines are hollow and it is very difficult to get them out as they easily break.
Just be careful, use antiseptic, as another problem is infection.

[NjOyRiD]

hopwfully it wont take too long at the hospital

[Darth]

Well I was advised go

[Brent Shaver]

I know the wait times are brutal but in this case I would think it is better safe then sorry.

Hope it works out and you get fixed up...

[Darth]

Hmm my post got cut short the hospital suggested I go to the clinic as the wait time would be less the the 6 hour wait at the hospital so far been here 2 hours and my wife won't let me leave I have my corals sitting f on a bin at home and live rOck on
U table now I am worried about having die off and starting a huge cycle once I get it back in te tank ughh!!!

[JetJumper]

Honestly, drive to Almonte.  Wait time is like 5 minutes..

[Darth]

I am next in line now it's almost over

[Thunda]

Best of luck with it, and hope all is well once your home too!!!

[Darth]

so all is good, went to appletree had a doc who oddly enough had a saltwater tank told him about the urchin and he said vinegar would dissolve the spines most times depending how deep so I said eh you know about urchins, so they we had a discussion on tanks. re-scaped the tank so far only lost a blood shrimp 

[Severum]

Glad to hear you're OK. The loss of the shrimp sucks though.

[Darth]

yeah it does, it was my own fault though trying to aquascape the tank, and the rocks falling over in the sandbed, I am glad that is the only thing I lost, I may have lost a reef lobster too, but he hides all the time. It was amazing to see the cuc take care of the shimp though, within 20 min there was no trace of it.